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Period: 1509 to 1547
Reign of Henry Vlll
the break with Rome -
1517
Martin Luther writing the Ninety-Five Theses
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1526
translation of the Bible in English/ the Tyndall Bible
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1529
rejection of divorce
the Pope rejected Henry’s petition for a divorce with Catherine of Aragon -
1533
Henry VIII married Ann Boleyn
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1534
Act of Supremacy
the king was made “Supreme Head of the Church of England” -
Period: 1534 to
The European Revolution
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Period: 1536 to 1541
The dissolution of the monasteries and the Pilgrimage of Grace
They were disbanded and the Crown appropriated their income and land -
Period: 1545 to 1563
Council of Trent
•the Roman Catholic church attempted to correct some of the abuses of the church
•and harshly condemned protestant heresies -
Period: 1547 to 1553
Reign of Edward Vl
the young King -
1549
Publication of the Book of Common Prayer
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Period: 1553 to 1558
Reign of Mary l
the Catholic Restoration -
Period: 1553 to 1571
The 39 articles of faith
Doctrine:
• stated the doctrine (religious belief) of the Church
• 3 important changes : a new ecclesiology (conception of the Church) / a new doctrine of Salvation (doctrine du salut) / a new definition of sacraments and of the mass
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Period: 1555 to 1558
Bloddy Mary
•Protestantism was confined to secrecy as heretics were burned
•over 200 Protestants went to the stake
•Protestants were forced to leave the country and fled to the Continent, they were the “Marian exiles”. -
Period: 1558 to
Reign of Elizabeth l
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1559
The Act of Uniformity
Religious belief:
• every parish had to use the Book of Common Prayer
• people who did not attend an Anglican service were fined. -
1559
The Act of Supremacy
Church organisation:
• abolished the authority of the Pope
• restored the authority of the Queen over the Church
• She became “Supreme Governor of the Church of England”. -
Period: 1559 to 1563
New Legislation
Between 1559 and 1563, the Queen Elizabeth passed new legislation. -
1570
The Pope excommunicated Elizabeth
Pope Pius V issued the papal bull “Regnans in Excelsis”:
•it called Elizabeth “The so-called queen” (!), “a heretic favouring heretics”.
•almost giving Catholics licence to kill her with the certainty that it would not be seen as a crime by Rome. The Pope’s hostility to the Elizabethan religious settlement was growing:
•He instructed English Catholics not to attend Anglican church services. -
1571
Treasons Act
In the response of the Pope's excommunicated Elizabeth made the treasons act for anyone to say that Elizabeth was not the true Queen of England and Wales. -
1581
the 1581 Act
•It provided for the death penalty for any person converting, or already converted to Catholicism.
•It was now forbidden to participate or celebrate the Catholic Mass
•Anglican services were compulsory: £20 per month fine. -
The Babington plot
Young Catholics had sworn to kill Elizabeth and put Mary Stuart on the throne but their strategies were discovered by Francis Walsingham, when he managed to decipher a coded letter between Marie Stuart and this group. -
The execution of Mary Queen of Scots
After The Babington plot Mary Queen of Scots was convicted for complicity and sentenced to death.
She was executed in Fotheringham Castle, wearing a bright red dress, the colour of Catholic martyrs. -
Speech to the troops at Tilbury
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The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
